lower character limits on debates

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What are your thoughts on debates with only a few thousand characters a round, this is basically all of my debates but I'm wondering how it's perceived by everybody else.
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heartsies 

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What? Heartsies is apparently a snack thing and a flower, I'm so confused
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Heartsies, as in I heart short debates
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Thank you, very happy to here, I can say I thoroughly enjoyed debating Germany and France with a shorter format, it's been the only debate where my opinion was changed.
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Less is more.

Even 10K debates are too long for most voters, I honestly suspect the default would be more optimal around 5 or 6K (I should note that it used to be 30K, so 10K is a good number).

While trimming our arguments can be annoying, it also helps us grow in skill by forcing us to shed the fat which doesn't support the resolution. I sometimes set a goal for only using half the characters my opponent uses.

So in essence, I heartsies shorter debates.
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I think 15k would be a good size